VOA常速英语:Scientists Ponder 'Epoch' of Damage to Global Water System

短语讲解：

1. It is true with the developed countries as well as developing countries.

as well as 也，又
例句：Your mental as well as physical health in that space.
你的精神以及身体健康的空间。

2. We may not go back to the equilibrium point. There it comes in the severity of human actions.

go back to 回去；归
例句：Can I go back to work now?
我现在能回去工作了吗?

3. The four-day meeting in Bonn is expected to release a final communiqué outlining what steps need to be taken to mitigate the effects of the Anthropocene epoch.

be expect to 被期望
例句：The whole project be expect to be profit-make by 1993.
全部工程预期1993年赢利。

4. In the long term, the Global Water Systems Project is working on Future Earth – an international collaborative environmental research framework.

in the long term 从长远观点来看
例句：These moves may pay dividends in the long term.
从长远看来，这些举措可能会给企业带来盈利。